Cebu City Vice Mayor Michael Rama still uses the same personal phone number that I called to contact him some years back. He unwittingly confirmed it to me and gave it to thousands of other people on Facebook Live. Rama attended the meeting Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia called for mayors of the different towns andContinue reading “Live and unfiltered”
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Facebook governor
AS SOON as Albay Gov. Joey Salceda wakes up in the morning, he greets his constituents on Facebook (“Good morning, Albay”) and cycles through the towns and component cities with a slew of hashtags promoting the province. After the morning greeting, Salceda shares a “tigsik,” a short poem in Bikol, written by the province’s poetContinue reading “Facebook governor”
Despite existence of open source products, many still use pirated software: CICT secretary
THE Philippines still lacks awareness of and support for free and open source software (FOSS), Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) Secretary Ray Anthony Roxas-Chua III said yesterday. Chua, in his speech during the opening of the Philippine Open Source Summit at the Cebu International Convention Center (CICC) early today, said that despite theContinue reading “Despite existence of open source products, many still use pirated software: CICT secretary”
Munisipyo Wi-Fi
I spent a day in Argao recently and was pleasantly surprised to find several dependable and free Wi-Fi hotspots. I was surprised because in Cebu City, free Wi-Fi access isn’t as widespread as they say it is in places such as Davao City. Many shops, at least the last time I went warbiking or goingContinue reading “Munisipyo Wi-Fi”
Read this and weep
Here’s a quiz for you. Look at the photo below (don’t read the caption yet). Which is more expensive? Is it 1.) the street lamp on this road in Mandaue City in Cebu or 2.) the motorcycle and the bag that contains a laptop, digital camera, and various other gadgets of my trade? Here’s aContinue reading “Read this and weep”
Open source Valentine
It’s a hot date before the big day. Bayan Muna has scheduled a round table on Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 13, at the Rajah Park Hotel function room in Fuente Osmeña to discuss free and open source software. Organizers are still finalizing details but I was told it’s open to anyone interested to discuss free andContinue reading “Open source Valentine”
The glass cannot be half-full
Either there is press freedom or not, according to Sun.Stars pooled editorial. The editorial points out the danger of making police the evaluators of media. Why do cops make poor evaluators? They dont know the craft and its nuances. Their mind-set is that of victims, whipped frequently by media for lapses and offenses. The paperContinue reading “The glass cannot be half-full”
Bumps on the information superhighway
The Cebu Yearbook 2006 is out. Here’s part of the unedited article I submitted for publication: One municipal government’s website in Visayas is being maintained by its meat inspector. Frederick Amores, Visayas group head of the National Computer Center (NCC) Field Operations Office, could barely contain his laughter as he said this in an interview.Continue reading “Bumps on the information superhighway”
Neighboring areas complain against ‘Imperial Cebu’
Cebu, according to Dumaguete City Mayor Agustin Perdices, is “becoming like Imperial Manila.” Perdices and Siquijor Gov. Orlando Fua complained in yesterday’s Regional Development Council meeting that Cebu is cornering most of the projects approved for Central Visayas. Here’s Sun.Star’s story on the issue: DUMAGUETE CITY – Tired of hearing about so many infrastructure projectsContinue reading “Neighboring areas complain against ‘Imperial Cebu’”
Prove Cebu City is not Murder City
Mayor Tomas Osmea isnt worried by the rash of killings of suspected criminals in Cebu City. “It’s worse for the city’s image if there are many criminals,” he said in a press conference. So the recent killings of “criminals”-of previous convicts-don’t give an impression that Cebu City has many criminals? Mayor Osmea had admitted heContinue reading “Prove Cebu City is not Murder City”